911 Car Confusion

To steal ideas from one person is to plagiarise, whereas to steal ideas from more than one is called research, so says one of my avid readers. What he does not say but I am sure he had in mind is that he thinks this column is extremely well researched.

Yesterday to the exhibition of wonderful paintings by Helen Humphrey, only to discover that the two pictures I coveted had both been sold that very morning. I had also wanted to see what her husband Neil had made of his “painting by numbers” set, him reputedly a little jealous of his wife’s success but we was not there, maybe having a maths lesson? clearly either that or he was brushing up on his maths before dipping brush into paint. I do hope that when he has finished his first canvas he does not decide to charge for it, otherwise his catch phrase “I’m free” will not work.

A poor turn out for Cafe Latin, yesterday morning, merely one injured BA pilot captain, one of those four pilot captains that failed to conjure up sufficient authority to “make my trip more comfortable” as the euphemism for an upgrade goes, both on the way to and back from Brisbane. You may very well ask why he is injured but my lips are sealed, suffice to say that his lovely wife Nancy, who is desperate for him to go back to work, may have to suffer an extended period of her husbands convalescence should he fail again to secure the required attention to my comfort zone when I depart for Sydney on 31st December and may suffer further unnecessary injury.

Not that I am confirmed to leave on that date yet, it is dependent on my winning the lottery in the meantime, however my chances of winning are now much enhanced now that I have bought some tickets.

It would have been a lovely day for skiing but Greoliere Les Neiges was unaccountably closed yesterday and today, and today is the REGS annual bottle competition at Le Provencal followed by lunch, so with that nice lady decorator back in the UK for most of next week, Skiing will have to wait  So many sports, so little time.

The pretty plates at Lou Fassum, but clearly only used when serving fish

My picture today is of one of the splendid plates upon which lunch is served at Lou Fassum. One of my friends, a regular reader of this column is a Porsche lover, posted a comment on his Facebook wall about how much he loved his 911 and suddenly found himself with 4000 new muslims friends.

The Red Cross came knocking at my door yesterday, and after I realised that they had seen me turn off the lights and their torch had picked out my hiding place behind the sofa, I eventually opened the door. They were asking for help for the terrible floods in Pakistan. I told them I would love to help but my hose pipe only reaches the end of the garden.

At last the Euro has dropped to nearly €1.20 to the £ and my prediction six months ago of the demise of the European currency now looks almost inevitable. Stand by for my next prediction; in the next four years, we will welcome back the drachma, the Irish punt, the Spanish peseta and the Italian lire plus whatever they formerly used as currency in Portugal (cow dung?) into the world of foreign exchange. The Euro, which will then become a Franco-German currency, will then become very strong, reaching at least parity with the £ in 5 years. You read it first here.

Chris France

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